James Hartley's chess openings
CM🇦🇺 AustraliaFIDE 199540 games
James Hartley, Candidate Master from Australia, has 40 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, James Hartley most often opens with 1.e4 (80% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White20 games · +7 =7 −6 · 53%
As Black20 games · +9 =6 −5 · 60%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening80%16 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening15%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening5%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense80%8 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game20%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game38%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense38%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense25%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5
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